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Castella

Producer in Shasta county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Platinum
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109533
MRDS ID M045315
Record type Site
Current site name Castella
Related records 10141664

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.3201, 41.13685 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position AT THE TOWN OF CASTELLA ON THE UPPER SACRAMENTO RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shasta(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dunsmuir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Shasta(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Weed(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sacramento Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Shasta

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 038N 004W 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • EXACT LOCATION ALONG RIVER BY CASTELLA IS NOT KNOWN. LOCATION GIVEN IS AT BRIDGE CROSSING RIVER ON SOUTH SIDE OF TOWN. Original county listing of Siskiyou was incorrect. Correct County is Shasta. Lat/Long determined using PLS, Castella and Sacramento River feature attributes in GIS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SPENCER FOUND NO PGE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATE SAMPLE YIELDED $13.23/TON AU (0.64 OZ/TON, 22 PPM), $8.40/TON PT (0.28 OZ/TON, 10 PPM), CONCENTRATION UNKNOWN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.3201, 41.13685
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Sacramento River Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1974 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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